What do I know about Google Earth and Voicethread? You can travel round the world on google earth. Have I presented material about Google Earth and Voicethread before? no Do I understand what I have to do? Is there anything I don’t understand about this activity? Yes I do understand what I have to do What skills and knowledge will I be using? Using voicethread and place marking on Google earth
Identify What is the task?
What do I want to accomplish in creating a presentation? How do I want to interest others in my topic? People to more about the places I did What do I need in order to do this? What materials do I have? What resources do I need? Should I do more research on Google Earth and Voicethread? Probably but I can refer to the tutorial for some infomation Who will be looking at this work? How can I appeal to other students? All the people who have wikispaces acopunts Are there examples of Google Earth and Voicethread posters or materials that I can look at? No not that I know of What are the obstacles? What problems may happen? That it might not save or the recording might have sounds in the backgroud Can I draw a diagram that will help me to visualise my work? Draw some rough ideas for posters. No I can not
Generate How many ideas can I think of?
List as many ideas as possible.
What aspects of Google Earth and Voicethread interest me? Pompeii, the Olympics and many more international country Consider the advantages and disadvantages of each idea. There aren’t any disadvantages Are there any other subjects to consider? There are some other countries I could do What resources (books, websites, etc.) have I been provided with? none What do other people think about this? Do others think I have a good idea? Haven’t talked to anyone about it
Decide Which is the best idea?
Which are the best ideas? Prioritise the 3-5 best ideas.
Explain your reasons for choosing these. What are the arguments for and against each idea? Because I want to find out more about these countries Which idea is the best one for completing the task? Which idea is best for accomplishing my goal? The five places I chose are very interesting to me What is my plan? What are the steps to follow?
How will I keep track of my progress? What are my milestones?
Possible list of steps: ·Research and gather material about my subject. ·Revise material and compose text for poster. ·Create graphics. ·Take pictures. Edit pictures. ·Assemble text and images into poster. ·Review poster and modify as needed.
Part Two – Implementing and Evaluating
TASC Process
Questions to consider
Implement Let’s do it!
Am I making progress through the plan? Yes I’m making progress through it Am I doing this correctly? You may need to review your goal for this activity. Yes but I need refer to the tutorial a bit more
Do I need to revise my plan? As you continue, you may discover facts that require changing the plan. No my plan is working for me
Am I satisfied with the text /pictures that I have created? I am happy with the picture and information I am using
Evaluate How well did I do?
Did I complete the task as originally set out? Did I solve the problem? Yes I did Is the text as interesting or informative as intended? My Project has good pictures and has interesting information Are the graphics and images appealing? The images are interesting because they give views of the places from different angles What have I done? Completed my project What have I done really well? Is there anything that stands out as particularly good? I have added text and recording to most of my images Is there anything that needs improvement? Should I go back and redo anything? I should referred to the tutorial a bit more Am I ready to communicate my ideas or show/display my work to others? Is the poster ready to be shown to others? Yes my project is ready to be shown to everyone
Communicate Let’s tell someone!
(You may have answered some of these questions early on during the planning stages.)
Who can I tell? Who is my audience? People who are interested in knowing more about the places I chose What is the best way to present this to my audience? In the Google earth way
How do I interest other students in my particular subject? Because of having good images Did I include the right text/graphics/images to inform and appeal to other students? Yes i did include the right infomation
Learn from experience What have I learned?
If I had to start this activity all over again, how would I improve my performance? Would I change my work habits? Would I use a different subject or different design? Would I only make small changes? Refer to the tutorial alot more How have I improved since that last time I worked on a similar task? Haven’t done a similar task before Have I learned anything about my subject or about appealing to others or about presenting information? Yes I have learned alot more about certain places Can I use that elsewhere? When I studying these certain countries How has my thinking changed as a result of this work? Not sure What skills have I learned and developed? How to use Google earth and voice thread
Can these skills be applied to other subjects/activities? Probably only using Google earth What problems did I have to solve? Were there obstacles in developing ideas, researching material, or presenting the material? How were they overcome? How to save my voice thread How did I use the strengths of others to help me? Because knowing a little about these places
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My Task Wheel
Google Earth and VoicethreadPart One – Planning
What do I know about this?
You can travel round the world on google earth.
Have I presented material about Google Earth and Voicethread before?
no
Do I understand what I have to do? Is there anything I don’t understand about this activity?
Yes I do understand what I have to do
What skills and knowledge will I be using?
Using voicethread and place marking on Google earth
What is the task?
People to more about the places I did
What do I need in order to do this? What materials do I have? What resources do I need? Should I do more research on Google Earth and Voicethread?
Probably but I can refer to the tutorial for some infomation
Who will be looking at this work? How can I appeal to other students?
All the people who have wikispaces acopunts
Are there examples of Google Earth and Voicethread posters or materials that I can look at?
No not that I know of
What are the obstacles? What problems may happen?
That it might not save or the recording might have sounds in the backgroud
Can I draw a diagram that will help me to visualise my work? Draw some rough ideas for posters.
No I can not
How many ideas can I think of?
What aspects of Google Earth and Voicethread interest me?
Pompeii, the Olympics and many more international country
Consider the advantages and disadvantages of each idea.
There aren’t any disadvantages
Are there any other subjects to consider?
There are some other countries I could do
What resources (books, websites, etc.) have I been provided with?
none
What do other people think about this? Do others think I have a good idea?
Haven’t talked to anyone about it
Which is the best idea?
Explain your reasons for choosing these. What are the arguments for and against each idea?
Because I want to find out more about these countries
Which idea is the best one for completing the task? Which idea is best for accomplishing my goal?
The five places I chose are very interesting to me
What is my plan? What are the steps to follow?
How will I keep track of my progress? What are my milestones?
Possible list of steps:
· Research and gather material about my subject.
· Revise material and compose text for poster.
· Create graphics.
· Take pictures. Edit pictures.
· Assemble text and images into poster.
· Review poster and modify as needed.
Part Two – Implementing and Evaluating
Let’s do it!
Yes I’m making progress through it
Am I doing this correctly? You may need to review your goal for this activity.
Yes but I need refer to the tutorial a bit more
Do I need to revise my plan? As you continue, you may discover facts that require changing the plan. No my plan is working for me
Am I satisfied with the text /pictures that I have created?
I am happy with the picture and information I am using
How well did I do?
Yes I did
Is the text as interesting or informative as intended?
My Project has good pictures and has interesting information
Are the graphics and images appealing?
The images are interesting because they give views of the places from different angles
What have I done?
Completed my project
What have I done really well? Is there anything that stands out as particularly good?
I have added text and recording to most of my images
Is there anything that needs improvement? Should I go back and redo anything?
I should referred to the tutorial a bit more
Am I ready to communicate my ideas or show/display my work to others? Is the poster ready to be shown to others? Yes my project is ready to be shown to everyone
Let’s tell someone!
Who can I tell? Who is my audience?
People who are interested in knowing more about the places I chose
What is the best way to present this to my audience?
In the Google earth way
How do I interest other students in my particular subject?
Because of having good images
Did I include the right text/graphics/images to inform and appeal to other students?
Yes i did include the right infomation
What have I learned?
Refer to the tutorial alot more
How have I improved since that last time I worked on a similar task?
Haven’t done a similar task before
Have I learned anything about my subject or about appealing to others or about presenting information?
Yes I have learned alot more about certain places
Can I use that elsewhere?
When I studying these certain countries
How has my thinking changed as a result of this work?
Not sure
What skills have I learned and developed? How to use Google earth and voice thread
Can these skills be applied to other subjects/activities?
Probably only using Google earth
What problems did I have to solve? Were there obstacles in developing ideas, researching material, or presenting the material? How were they overcome?
How to save my voice thread
How did I use the strengths of others to help me?
Because knowing a little about these places
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